First there was Trans Gaule (race across France), then i put this sequel together for the Western States 100 Miler in the US, then it was off to run across Germany and then the oblivion of injuries from then onwards meant this blog just wouldn't die.
Now with a start in Badwater.com followed by another Trans Gaule this blog lives a little longer.

Friday, 22 June 2007

A little better

Here i am a little over 12 Hours since my last blogupdate and things are a little brighter. Afterreturning to bed at 4 thankfully slept till 9:20 andwoke without the sore throat but still with a prettyhacked voice. Breakfast with a number of the Aussies,and made sure i had plenty of orange juice.Today is pretty much the ceremonial start to WesternStates with a flag raising on Immigrant Pass atMidday, so decided to get a lift from Tam's husbandSteven so me, Ron, Nic & Richard fitted easily intotheir 7 seater (Tam possibly wisely deciding not togo).As the rest looked around the WS Store i thought i mayas well head up via the trail (same way as the race)as it would give me a better idea as to whether i wasphysically capable (reckon when writing the last blogi was a guaranteed non starter was an absolute mess).Certainly feeling the effects of ill health i had myjumper on the whole way up which was a little strangecompared to the US runners i was walking with inrunning gear.Finally got there in something like 70 minutes andcaught up with many of the other Aussies (includingDavid Eadie who was staying with his wife in the othermotel), some who had walked up earlier and some whohad taken the Cable Car.Very windy up top so spent lot's of time staying inthe shade of others, but was quite a nice ceremonyalthough god knows how anyone took my croaky renditionof "America the Beatiful" which we all sang along too.Walked back to the Cable Car with Martin, Di (MRX &99), Lis (Vegie), Nic (Prewannabee), Ian (Glassman)and David (Chefs on The Run) and decided it would bewiser to take the cable car down with them.Was certainly worth it, awesome view (although you'dswear we were going to crash into the pylons), tooksome pictures with the phone (as i still haven'tsorted a charger for the camera), but unfortunatelynot able to upload on this Hotel computer (no javameans i'm emailing my blog in via Yahoo Mail from thepc as it doesn't work with blogger).Was happy to get a lift back with Martin, Di, Lis &Ian so giving me an afternoon to rest, though stillneeded to head over the road to the nearest diner forlunch (good old fashioned burger washed down with aCoors).Ever since have been resting, i'd like to think thereis now a now a light at the end of the tunnel that myhealth has made this trip so far.

About Me

What started as a short term blog of my race across France in 2006, became a sequel in 2007 when i did an Ultra over in the US and then a race across Germany. Really wanted to finish this blog off then but injuries meant i should keep it going to give an idea of my comeback (as a man usually prefaced in running circles as "indestructible" no one believed i actually could have injuries and other issues to stop me). However now in 2008 with a race across Death Valley www.badwater.com and another, faster shot at the race across France, it looks like this blog won't die for a while, so enjoy the ride !.